No celebration for Oita Prefecture Day

November 14th is Oita Prefecture Day or Oita Prefectural Citizens' Day / Oita Prefectural Day. In Japanese; 大分県民の日. It marks the day that the name "Oita Prefecture" was first used in 1871.

The prefecture does recognize the day as the prefectural day, but it is not an official commemorative day. In other words, Oita Prefecture does not celebrate its prefectural day, unlike other prefectures who have special events. Moreover, it is not a school holiday and Oita students go to school as normal on November 14th. In the Kanto plain, in Ibaraki prefecture for example, there is no school on their prefectural day, which is November 13th annually. 

Unfortunately, I have not yet been to Oita Prefecture myself, but I hope to visit in the future. Because I have not visited yet, I used a photo of a hot spring (in another location) as the feature photo for this post, as that is what I most associate with Oita Prefecture. There are many hot springs in the prefecture, including Beppu Onsen and Yufuin Onsen, which are well-known throughout the country. Moreover, it has the largest number of hot springs in Japan. Have you ever been to Oita Prefecture?